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From: rvp@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (rob.v.phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Need Atari DOS with RS232 Console
Summary: Need Atari DOS with RS232 Console
Message-ID: <6686@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>
Date: 18 Dec 89 15:24:20 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Recently, I have been compiling code on my toshiba 1200 laptop
with a cross-assembler and uploading the binary files to my
Atari 800 using "BOBTERM" (It's great! - Shareware Check is in the
Mail!)

Now, I would like to progress to an ATARI DOS that accepts commands
and displays prompts over an rs232 interface (using either the
850, 2 joystick ports, or SI0; SIO would be preferable, cause I could 
use this on my Atari 400, too).  

Does anyone know of a DOS that does this?

Or, would it be a simple matter, for anyone who knows the guts of
any DOSes, to just somehow change a part of the DOS to use the R:
device in its I/O calls?
Mostly what I want from the DOS is to: 
 - accept atari load files from the rs232 interface and put them 
   directly in memory Could be xmodem, kermit, or just a raw, un-error-
   correcting protocol, as transfers will go on a null modem cable.
   (19,200 baud would be nice, too!)
 - option to save the rs232 file in an Atari disk file is nice, but
   not really necessary. 
 - ideally, I would want to burn this on a cartridge, so when I crash
   the Atari in program development, I just hit reset for immediate
   system recovery.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Rob Phillips
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